Christopher Snowhill

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Software developer. Computer (ab)user.
websitehttps://kode54.net
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International poll, so please boost for a wider sample.

How many languages can you read (and, of course, understand!) without the help of an online translator?

> 5
3.6%
4-5
15.9%
2-3
62.2%
1
18.3%
Poll ended at .

Disney is now age-restricting The Owl House and other shows depicting LGBTQ themes. The shows are hidden in "Junior Mode," which is activated by default for children.

They're quietly adopting the idea that non-heteronormative content is somehow harmful to children.

via Erin Reed https://twitter.com/ErinInTheMorn/status/1602398750504325130

Erin Reed on Twitter

β€œSo my son was upset "The Owl House" was suddenly removed from his disney plus. I was worried that this was anti-LGBT enforcement, but it appears Disney has forced a new "junior mode" that eliminates many kids shows. Go and un-toggle junior mode on your computer to get it back.”

Twitter

Huh, I appear to have discovered that Lofi Garden, a 2MB app on the Setapp subscription service, and thus which probably gets per usage and/or per install royalties from being there, is using procedurally generated content from lofigenerator.com for much of their content, which is otherwise just hosted on a bulk subscription Shoutcast server that auto shuffles the files and crossfades them. Not a bad idea. Wish I'd thought of it.

If you want to support them, you can install Setapp on your Mac and download the app and use it.

Or if you want to spare yourself a constant stream of 128kbps MP3, you can use lofigenerator.com, which downloads the instrument and drum samples as individual .webm files and mixes them on client side using javascript code that runs in the browser tab. And you may opt to support the author in the same way that Lofi Garden did, by paying for batches of pre-generated tracks. Or I suppose give him some money other ways, I think he has a Ko-Fi?

Please boost if you’re still masking indoors (in public places)

Today I'm struck by Zuckerberg spending something like a billion dollars on the "metaverse" to create legless sausage VR avatars and meanwhile volunteer furries are beta-testing advanced finger tracking systems so they can use sign language in VR chat with PAWS, and not only does it work, it's like a billion times more enticing on _every level_.

billionaires are a mistake

#furry #metaverse #vrchat #vr

Nandini Jammi on Twitter

β€œMultiple sources have reached out to me with one name: Kaz Nejatian, the COO of @Shopify, who keeps stepping in personally to protect Shopify accounts linked to terrorism & violence. This is not a principled decision β€” it’s a political one. https://t.co/AqbiYu5tsk”

Twitter
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Me: s...t...

Website: <allcaps> holy fucking shit what the fuck do you think you're doing you absolute fucking failure that is not a valid email format fuck you </allcaps>

Me: ...dot...net

Website: Great job, valued customer, that's a valid email! Thanks for dropping by. :)
Twitter is now just getting spammed to hell by official accounts https://www.bing.com/search?q=site%3Atwitter.com+your+fealty+has+been+accepted
site:twitter.com your fealty has been accepted - Suchen

boost to pet the cat (but the cat doesn't hate screen reader users)
I have catte. All is right with my world. For now. #catsofmastodon